my cuz just gave me a gift card to barnes and nobles 4 christmas, so i was wondering what knitting books would be the best to buy. ive already looked at a few online, including "not another teen knitting book!", "one skein wonders," and "knitting answer book." those look ok, but i can know for sure 'cause i havent gotten the change to really look through them.

Sara

12-25-2006, 11:28 PM

Since I can get most of my answers here, I'm not big on instruction books. For a portable reference, I like The Knitter's Companion by Vicki Square: it's small, but it has lots of techniques and fits in my bag.

If you're interested in making socks, try Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch.

The Knitter's Bible by Claire Compton is a great instruction book, as are the Vouge knitting books.

Vicki Howell has a book called Not Another Teen Knitting Book that has some really modern patterns for teens in it.

I love the One Skein book and Knit One, Felt Two (if you are interested in felting patterns).

Good luck! Knitting books are addictive!!

Georgiasmama

12-26-2006, 01:22 AM

one Skein is good. and Stitch n bitch is another good one. it has some patterns in it too as well as some instruction.

Compulsive

12-26-2006, 04:32 PM

Dd looked at Not Another Teen Knitting Book and Chick Knits for Young Chicks. Dd preferred the patterns in Chick Knits for Young Chicks hands down, which is written by an actual teen, as a gift for Chanukah.

You can look through a few of the projects here (http://www.knitpicks.com/books/itemid_30809/books_display.aspx/).